Examples of “selective” in a Sentence

adj Choosing carefully rather than accepting everything or everyone.

• He is very selective about the books he buys, so his shelves are small.
• The university is highly selective, admitting only a small fraction of applicants.
• She's very selective about who she lets into her inner circle.

adj Affecting or targeting only certain things rather than all of them.

• The council took selective action, fixing only the roads that were in the worst condition.
• Selective weeding keeps the flowers but removes the grass from the garden path.
• The drug works through selective action on specific receptors.